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LIFE OF X PART FIVE

CHARLES SOULE WRITER RAMON ROSANAS ARTIST CHARLES XAVIER AND THE SHADOW KING ARE BATTLING FOR THE SOULS OF THE X-MEN ON THE REALITY- NOLAN WOODARD COLOR ARTIST VC’s CLAYTON COWLES LETTERER WARPING ASTRAL PLANE. THE SHADOW KING IS WINNING. FIRST, THE PSYCHIC PARASITE TOOK LOGAN, AND USED HIM TO ATTACK PSYLOCKE, BISHOP, ANGEL AND A RAMON ROSANAS & NOLAN WOODARD MAIN COVER ARTISTS SQUAD OF BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES COMMANDOS SENT TO SUBDUE THE MUTANTS. LOGAN ESCAPED, AND HAS NOW BEGUN TO TRANSMIT A STRANGE MENTAL INFECTION TO THE TERRIFIED CITIZENS OF LONDON. GREG LAND & EDGAR DELGADO CHARACTER VARIANT COVER ARTISTS ON THE ASTRAL PLANE, FANTOMEX AND MYSTIQUE BUILT A REALITY FORTRESS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM THE SHADOW KING’S ASSAULTS, AND USED IT TO ENJOY EVERY FANTASY THEY COULD IMAGINE- -INCLUDING JAY BOWEN & ANTHONY GAMBINO GRAPHIC DESIGNERS EACH OTHER. CHRISTINA HARRINGTON ASSISTANT EDITOR MARK PANICCIA EDITOR ROGUE AND GAMBIT ALMOST MANAGED TO DO THE SAME. AXEL ALONSO EDITOR IN CHIEF JOE QUESADA CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER DAN BUCKLEY PRESIDENT ALAN FINE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IN A LAST DESPERATE EFFORT, XAVIER PULLED THE ASTRAL-PLANE-BOUND X-MEN INTO A SECRET SUBREALITY, X-MEN CREATED BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY WHICH HE INTENDS TO USE AS A STAGING GROUND FOR THE FINAL ASSAULT. ALL BUT GAMBIT. ASTONISHING X-MEN No. 5, January 2018. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2017 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine GAMBIT…IS LOST. with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO ASTONISHING X-MEN, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. [email protected]. DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel THE SHADOW KING IS WINNING. Entertainment; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Officer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; C.B. CEBULSKI, VP of Brand Management & Development, Asia; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Integrated Sales Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 10/06/2017 and 10/17/2017 by LSC COMMUNICATIONS INC., GLASGOW, KY, USA. ACT I

LIFE OF X PART FIVE

CHARLES SOULE WRITER RAMON ROSANAS ARTIST CHARLES XAVIER AND THE SHADOW KING ARE BATTLING FOR THE SOULS OF THE X-MEN ON THE REALITY- NOLAN WOODARD COLOR ARTIST VC’s CLAYTON COWLES LETTERER WARPING ASTRAL PLANE. THE SHADOW KING IS WINNING. FIRST, THE PSYCHIC PARASITE TOOK LOGAN, AND USED HIM TO ATTACK PSYLOCKE, BISHOP, ANGEL AND A RAMON ROSANAS & NOLAN WOODARD MAIN COVER ARTISTS SQUAD OF BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES COMMANDOS SENT TO SUBDUE THE MUTANTS. LOGAN ESCAPED, AND HAS NOW BEGUN TO TRANSMIT A STRANGE MENTAL INFECTION TO THE TERRIFIED CITIZENS OF LONDON. GREG LAND & EDGAR DELGADO CHARACTER VARIANT COVER ARTISTS ON THE ASTRAL PLANE, FANTOMEX AND MYSTIQUE BUILT A REALITY FORTRESS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM THE SHADOW KING’S ASSAULTS, AND USED IT TO ENJOY EVERY FANTASY THEY COULD IMAGINE- -INCLUDING JAY BOWEN & ANTHONY GAMBINO GRAPHIC DESIGNERS EACH OTHER. CHRISTINA HARRINGTON ASSISTANT EDITOR MARK PANICCIA EDITOR ROGUE AND GAMBIT ALMOST MANAGED TO DO THE SAME. AXEL ALONSO EDITOR IN CHIEF JOE QUESADA CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER DAN BUCKLEY PRESIDENT ALAN FINE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER IN A LAST DESPERATE EFFORT, XAVIER PULLED THE ASTRAL-PLANE-BOUND X-MEN INTO A SECRET SUBREALITY, X-MEN CREATED BY STAN LEE & JACK KIRBY WHICH HE INTENDS TO USE AS A STAGING GROUND FOR THE FINAL ASSAULT. ALL BUT GAMBIT. ASTONISHING X-MEN No. 5, January 2018. Published Monthly by MARVEL WORLDWIDE, INC., a subsidiary of MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC. OFFICE OF PUBLICATION: 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020. BULK MAIL POSTAGE PAID AT NEW YORK, NY AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. © 2017 MARVEL No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions in this magazine GAMBIT…IS LOST. with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. $3.99 per copy in the U.S. (GST #R127032852) in the direct market; Canadian Agreement #40668537. Printed in the USA. Subscription rate (U.S. dollars) for 12 issues: U.S. $26.99; Canada $42.99; Foreign $42.99. POSTMASTER: SEND ALL ADDRESS CHANGES TO ASTONISHING X-MEN, C/O MARVEL SUBSCRIPTIONS P.O. BOX 727 NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040. TELEPHONE # (888) 511-5480. FAX # (347) 537-2649. [email protected]. DAN BUCKLEY, President, Marvel THE SHADOW KING IS WINNING. Entertainment; JOE QUESADA, Chief Creative Officer; TOM BREVOORT, SVP of Publishing; DAVID BOGART, SVP of Business Affairs & Operations, Publishing & Partnership; C.B. CEBULSKI, VP of Brand Management & Development, Asia; DAVID GABRIEL, SVP of Sales & Marketing, Publishing; JEFF YOUNGQUIST, VP of Production & Special Projects; DAN CARR, Executive Director of Publishing Technology; ALEX MORALES, Director of Publishing Operations; SUSAN CRESPI, Production Manager; STAN LEE, Chairman Emeritus. For information regarding advertising in Marvel Comics or on Marvel.com, please contact Vit DeBellis, Integrated Sales Manager, at [email protected]. For Marvel subscription inquiries, please call 888-511-5480. Manufactured between 10/06/2017 and 10/17/2017 by LSC COMMUNICATIONS INC., GLASGOW, KY, USA.